Altitude | HOJO Online Speciality Tea Shop

[2020.10.08]

Limited Release of Yunnan 10 Years Vintage Black Tea 2010

• Types of Tea
• Age of Tea Tree
• Altitude
• Black Tea
• China
• Chinese Black Tea
• Environmental factors
• Tea tree
• Yunnan

We release 10-year vintage Yunnan black tea. This tea was produced in 2010 and aged in Yunnan for 8 years in aerobic storage. We bought this year in 2018, and it has been aged in Japan and Malaysia for two years in anoxic storage condition. The production area is very near to the Myanmar border …

[2020.01.22]

The Elevation and Quality of Tea

• How to choose quality tea
• uncategorized
• Altitude
• Environmental factors

[2018.05.20]

Seeking for Limited Tea Only Available in May

• How to choose quality tea
• Age of Tea Tree
• Altitude
• China
• Environmental factors
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Season
• Tea tree
• Weather and Climate
• Yunnan

We arrived Yunnan in March and have been staying for more than one month. In Lincang, spring tea starts around 20th of March. On the other hand, certain teas only available for the first plucking in May. As much people cherish the earliest fresh tea of the year, little people know that the higher the …

[2018.04.05]

The Field Report of Yunnan Tea in 2018

• Origin of Tea
• Age of Tea Tree
• Altitude
• China
• Environmental factors
• Pu-erh Tea and Dark Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea
• Season
• Tea tree
• Weather and Climate
• Yunnan

I have been staying in Yunnan since 31st of March. I have visited a few mountains to survey the condition of many tea gardens, and I have met my tea manufacturers to gather the first-hand information of 2018 tea. The altitude is very important element for quality We are now staying in a town located …

[2015.04.25]

Natural farming tea garden that is beyond agriculture

• How to choose quality tea
• Agricultural Practice
• Altitude
• China
• Environmental factors
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Pu-erh Tea and Dark Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea
• Soil Condition
• Tea tree
• Yunnan

As compared to other places in China, every year I spend a lot more time in Yunnan. The reason is simple. In the entire world of tea, besides Yunnan, it is hard to find another place that is so rich in the natural-farmed tea. In Yunnan, we have a bountiful opportunity to explore the tea …

[2013.04.20]

Limited and precious Ming Qian pu-erh tea in Lincang

• How to choose quality tea
• Altitude
• China
• Environmental factors
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Pu-erh Tea and Dark Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea
• Weather and Climate
• Yunnan

  Qian Long Jing. In Chinese, Ming Qian means before Qing Ming (清明節, 4th of April). Although less people know, the word “Ming Qian” is also used for Pu-erh tea. Some people would think Ming Qian should not be associated with Pu-erh tea. In a way, it is YES but No. Regardless of whether the …